Software costs not included in saving plans
Savings plan discounts apply only to the infrastructure costs and not to the software costs. If you use Windows VMs, and you have a savings plan, and you don't have an Azure Hybrid Benefit for your VMs, then you're charged for the software meters listed in the following sections.
Windows software meters not included in savings plan cost
| MeterId | MeterName in usage file | Used by VM |
|---|---|---|
| e7e152ac-f29c-4cce-ad6e-026192c01ef2 | Reservation-Windows Svr Burst (one Core) | B Series |
| cac255a2-9f0f-4c62-8bd6-f0fa449c5f76 | Reservation-Windows Svr Burst (two Core) | B Series |
| 09756b58-3fb5-4390-976d-9ddd14f9ed18 | Reservation-Windows Svr Burst (four Core) | B Series |
| e828cb37-5920-4dc7-b30f-664e4dbcb6c7 | Reservation-Windows Svr Burst (eight Core) | B Series |
| f65a06cf-c9c3-47a2-8104-f17a8542215a | Reservation-Windows Svr (one Core) | All except B Series |
| b99d40ae-41fe-4d1d-842b-56d72f3d15ee | Reservation-Windows Svr (two Core) | All except B Series |
| 1cb88381-0905-4843-9ba2-7914066aabe5 | Reservation-Windows Svr (four Core) | All except B Series |
| 07d9e10d-3e3e-4672-ac30-87f58ec4b00a | Reservation-Windows Svr (six Core) | All except B Series |
| 603f58d1-1e96-460b-a933-ce3775ac7e2e | Reservation-Windows Svr (eight Core) | All except B Series |
| 36aaadda-da86-484a-b465-c8b5ab292d71 | Reservation-Windows Svr (12 Core) | All except B Series |
| 02968a6b-1654-4495-ada6-13f378ba7172 | Reservation-Windows Svr (16 Core) | All except B Series |
| 175434d8-75f9-474b-9906-5d151b6bed84 | Reservation-Windows Svr (20 Core) | All except B Series |
| 77eb6dd0-88f5-4a16-ab39-05d1742efb25 | Reservation-Windows Svr (24 Core) | All except B Series |
| 0d5bdf46-b719-4b1f-a780-b9bdfffd0591 | Reservation-Windows Svr (32 Core) | All except B Series |
| f1214b5c-cc16-445f-be6c-a3bb75f8395a | Reservation-Windows Svr (40 Core) | All except B Series |
| 637b7c77-65ad-4486-9cc7-dc7b3e9a8731 | Reservation-Windows Svr (64 Core) | All except B Series |
| da612742-e7cc-4ca3-9334-0fb7234059cd | Reservation-Windows Svr (72 Core) | All except B Series |
| a485cb8c-069b-4cf3-9a8e-ddd84b323da2 | Reservation-Windows Svr (128 Core) | All except B Series |
| 904c5c71-1eb7-43a6-961c-d305a9681624 | Reservation-Windows Svr (256 Core) | All except B Series |
| 6fdab81b-4284-4df9-8939-c237cc7462fe | Reservation-Windows Svr (96 Core) | All except B Series |
Cloud services software meters not included in savings plan cost
| MeterId | MeterName in usage file |
|---|---|
| ac9d47ff-ff68-4afc-a145-0c321cf8d0d5 | Cloud Services 1 vCPU License |
| e0434559-19ee-4132-9c46-05ad4044f3f7 | Cloud Services 2 vCPU License |
| 6ecc834e-39b3-48b3-8d10-cc5626bacb66 | Cloud Services 4 vCPU License |
| 13103090-ca72-4825-ab12-7f16c4931d95 | Cloud Services 8 vCPU License |
| ecd2bb6e-45a5-49aa-a58b-3947ba21c364 | Cloud Services 16 vCPU License |
| de2c7f1d-06dc-4b16-bc8b-c2ec5f4c8aee | Cloud Services 20 vCPU License |
| ca1af837-4b35-47f5-8d14-b1988149c4ca | Cloud Services 32 vCPU License |
| dc72ee45-2ab7-4698-b435-e2cf10d1f9f6 | Cloud Services 64 vCPU License |
| 7a803026-244c-4659-834c-11e6b2d6b76f | Cloud Services 80 vCPU License |
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